Vasily Kandinsky (French, born Russia. 1866–1944)

The Archer (Bogenschütze) (plate facing page 14) from Onze Peintres (Eleven Painters): Taeuber, Kandinsky, Leuppi, Vordemberge, Arp, Delaunay, Schwitters, Kiesler, Morris, Magnelli, Ernst

Author:

Jean (Hans) Arp

Date:

1949 (executed 1908-1909, reprinted posthumously).

Medium:

Woodcut from an illustrated book with four woodcuts (including wrapper)

Dimensions:

composition: 6 1/2 x 6" (16.5 x 15.3 cm); page: 9 7/16 x 8 1/16" (24 x 20.5 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

Editions Girsberger, Zurich

Printer:

Art Institut Orell Füssli A.G., Zurich

Edition:

200

Credit Line:

Purchase Fund

Copyright:

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Reference:

Roethel 79.

MoMA Number:

375.1951.2

Themes:

Primitivism

Techniques:

Woodcut